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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
MRS. DOUGLASS is INELIGIBLE.
Judge Ayres Decides that She Is Too Young
To Be Appointed an Administrative.

Quite number of the friends Of the late JAS
G. Douglass gathered in the Circuit Court room,
yesterday afternoon, to hear the decision on the
question as to who should become Administrative
of his estate. The matter was brought before
Judge Ayres on petition from Mrs. Alice
Douglass. wife OF the deceased, asking that her
self and Joseph W. Clark be jointly appointed
to administer upon the estate. The widow Of
the deceased was present, dressed in heavy
mourning, but the sister absent. Solomon
Claypool appeared for the widow. and Mayor
Denny for the sister. The argument lasted
three hours, and all the Supreme Court rulings
upon the contested point were expounded.
j. dge Ayres rendered verbal decision, in
which he held that the law plain that
minor could not be appointed administrators,
and, not being eligible herself, she could not
name the person to administer upon the estate.
Under the law, he said, the next of kin, which
in this case would mean the sister, was entitled
to the position. He, however, said that the
widow had the right to show reasons why the
sister should not be appointed, and if they were
sufficient it made her ineligible Also In order to
give the widow such privilege he said he would
appoint one at present. At the close of the
decision Mr.. Claypool gave notice that he, at
torney for the widow, would oppose the appoint
ment of the sister to the position, and would at
early date show cause why she should not be
appointed. The case in the new form will pos
sibly come up for determination some time this
week
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06

was elected Attorney-general on the Republican
ticket. He defeated for reelection, with
the remainder of the TICKET in 1874. The office
was very profitable. The greater part of the time
since then he has been in the practice In this
city. but was for period located at Washing
ton, ID. C. He was one of the attorneys en-
gagged by the Republican national committee TO
go to Louisiana during the electoral troubles OF
1876 to look after the interests of the party.
He returned to this city from his residence In
Washington in 1884, and soon afterwards formed
a law partnership with Isaac l.. Bloomer, which
continued until about year ago. He then
formed partnership with James III. Cropsey,
which existed at the time of his death. Judge
Denny leaves a wife and three children, q mar
ried daughter. Mrs. Howe. Of this city, Lieut..
Frank L. Denny, of the United States navy,
stationed at Washington, and Edward Denny.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
Sudden Death of Jacob Hermann.

Jacob Hermann, the funeral director, doing
business at No &c South Delaware street, died
suddenly yesterday morning, of dropsy. at his
home, No. 272 East Market street. He had been
a sufferer from this disease for about year. but
his condition was at no time thought to be criti-
cal. During the last three weeks he has been
confined to his home most of the time. Yester-
day morning he arose at the usual time and ate
a very hearty breakfast After leaving the table
he seated himself In a chair in another part OF
the house, and moment afterwards fell to the
floor. Before assistance could reach him he was
dead. Mr. Hermann was seventy four years or
age. He came to this city thirty four years ago
from Aisace, Germany. and engaged in the
undertaking business. in which he continued up
to his death. He leaves wife and two children
"a and daughter. The former, George, was
associated with him in the undertaking business
He was mem Der of both the l. O. 0. E. and Ma
sonic orders, and will be buried by them on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
OBITUARY.
Death of Judge James C. Denny, at Vim
cennes, Yesterday Morning.

Death of Judge james c. Denny, at Vim
cennes, Yesterday Morning.
Information was received yesterday that
Judge James c. Denny, of this city, died yes
terday morning at the residence of his mother,
in Vincennes, at 915 o'clnck of congestion
OF the BRAIN He went to Vincnnes with
his wife last week for a visit and for rest,
being in feeble health On Sunday ne called on
several friends. and was apparently in his usual
health. He was stricken with a congestive
chill at 2 O'Clock yesterday morning. and lived
but seven hours. He had an apopectic stroke
in this city a6out two years ago. but had re-
covered sufficiently to be about his Office. He
has not been in robust health for some months.
Judge Denny was native of Knox county.
about fifty years of age He engaged in the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06

to oppressive laws he appears as a greater and
stronger man. William O'Brien Is doing more
for Ireland in Tullamore Jail than he could by
who would not rather be William O'Brien to-
day than the Lord-lieutenant in Dublin Castle.
At the close of Gen. Harrison's remarks the
meeting was pronounced adjourned. A large
number of those present came to the stage and
Ware presented to the visitors
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
Ordered His Physician Beheaded.

II.
The Ameer of Afghanistan is a desirable
patient, if the story of Indian journal may
be trusted. Lately he was very i'll with a boil
at the back of his neck, and his doctor pre-
scribed some lotion to bring the boil to a head.
Naturally, the pain temporarily increased.
and Abdur Rahman enraged with his
doctor that he sent for the unlucky medico the
first thing in the morning and had him beheaded
on the sDOt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
How Public Institutions Are Run.

Omaha World.
First Director Blind Asylum-My friend
Blinks is out of job, an I'd like to do some
thing for him.
Second Director-What's his biz2
Hes sign painter He's got left on 200
grocery store notices, an wants to sell EN-"
'All right, we'll make an appropriation to buy
'em for the blind asylum. What does the mot
toes say!7
If you don't see what you want ask for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
Pnnular Ednnatinn.

Wesympathize with the feeling which often
leads citizens to boast that child born in this
a fact that many people who have learned to
read and write have never taught themselves to
think. man who suffered from catarrh, con-
sumption, bronchitis, scrofua. or Liver COM
plant" might read. till his eyes dropped out,
how these, and many other diseases, have been
cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
but if he did not take the lesson to himself and
test the virtues of this great medicine, his time
would be thrown away
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
Death of Henry III. Mankedick.

Mr. Henry H. Mankedick. one of the we'll
known and prosperous citizens of the southern
part of the city, died yesterday at his home
two miles southeast of town. aged ffty-two
years. He erected the Mankedick block on
Virginia avenue, and was for a number of years
engaged In business on the South Side.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
The "JournaIist.n

He said he could write paragraph,
Admired by great and small;
He succeeded in writing q column BREWER,
That nobody read at all.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
Snle of Tom Eean,s ASseta.

The sale of the assets of Tom Egan, the
merchant tailor, to Egan & Treat, by the re-
ceiver, Ernest Myers, approved by Judge
Ayres yesterday. The amount realized was
So 100
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
FAILURES In BUSINESS.
Embarrassment Of Theo. Pfaff1in, the Dealer
in Musical instruments.

Embarrassment of Theo. Pfaff1in, the Dealer
in Musical instruments.
The business affairs of Theodore Pfaf1in,
dealer in musical instruments, have been can
vassed by the gossips for week or two as it
was known to few that he had given the John
Church Company, of Cincinnati, a chatte1 mort
gage to secure Indebtedness of considerable
amount 1t was revealed yesterday that Mr..
Pfatfiin had for the past week been in consulta-
ton with other creditors whose claims includ-
ing that of the company named, reached $50 600.
The arrangement made for the protection of his
business. he says, is in the Church mortgage,
which is for $19,398. Mr.. Pfaffiin. in explaining
his affairs, said he owed Hallett & Davis $40 900
and Chalmers Brown s., 200. which amounts
were turned over by those creditors to the John
Church Company, whose claim was for SIS 000
AS fast the Pfaf1in stock is sold the proceeds
to be applied to the mortgage. He says that
until two weeks ago he thought he was in good
financial condition, but he discovered matters of
mismanagement, he claims, on the part of his
former manager o. W. Williams, which COM
PEELED him to make a settlement with his credit
ors. In addition to the items of indebtedness
named, Mr. Pfafiin states that he owes 50 00O
the paper for which does not mature for some
months, and So, 00O to the Meridian National
Bank. which he did not think he owed, believing
that the collateral he had deposited there COW
cred fully his Indebtedness to the bank. By the
arrangement made with the John Church Com
pany he will continue the business as heretofore.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
Grand Excursion to California

AT SPECIAL Low RATE,
By the popular Bee-line route. on Dec. 6. Par
lor and reclinn chair cars free to Kansas City,
and free tourist sleeping cars from Kansas City
to California. For full particulars call on T. C.
PECK, Dist. Pass. Agt, No. Bates House. In
dianapois.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06

CAsHINGToN, the millionaire,
Married lady far from fair;
But when smiles lit up her face,
You forgot her want of grace.
SoZodont gave brilliant teeth
These won her a bridal wreath.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06

BRowN's EXPECToRANT cures coughs, colds,
etc. Sold oy druggists. 50-cent bottles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06
A "Bucket-Shop" Firm Assigns.

The Hodgen Commission Company. whose
main Office is in Louisville. with branches at In
dianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Evansville,
Chicago Pittsburg, Cleveland and Baltimore,
made assignment yesterday to the Louisville
Safety Vault and Trust Company on account of
the steady rise in markets The firm is a brok-
erage ''bucket-shop" concern. It's total liza
bilities estimated at from 500 900 to $780, OOO
with assets amounting to $40, 0OO The liabilities
of the Cincinnati branch estimated at
$28, 900.
At the office in this city l.. W. Lewis the
manager. said the firm composed of T. j. Hold
gen and d. P. Miller, both of Louisville, had
paid out in the past two months $500 000 The
advance on corn and pork had caused the fail
ure The Indianapolis office lost about $4,000
during this period. and the aggregate losses of
the concern have been from $S, 900 to $15, cooper
day. There were about one hundred and fifty
six creditors yesterday the books of the local
office, with amounts due them from $40 to 1880.
On the black board was written I'VE will take
more new trades Parties having open
trades close them at existing quotations and
settle with the assignee. The firm hopes soon
to resume business and pay all Indebtedness"
Thomas Davis has attached the effects of the
office here for a claim of $3.50.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06

PATTERSON, fine livery. so East Court st.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-06

California Excursions,
Dec a. 81 and %. Tickets at low rates. Gall
at l., B. s. W. ticket office, 1873 South Illinois
street
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE resignation of Mr.. Montgomery, of
Michigan, Commissioner of Patents, was
rendered to the President on the 9th, the
reason given being that he desired to re-
turn to the practice of his profession.
THE President on the oath approved the
bills to prohibit the Importation aud immi-
grafton OF foreigners and aliens as labor
ers, and to prohibit the hiring out of
United States prisoners.
In the United States there were 1S6
business failures during the seven days
ended on the 25th against 23) the pre-
vious seven days.
THE President on the 25th signed the bill
appropriating $14S,00O as indemnity for
losses suffered by Chinese subjects at Rock
Springs, w. T., during the riots.
The exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Goth ult. aggregated
S77S, 755. 367, against $780, 292, 467 the pre-
vious week AS compared with the COR
responding week of 1886, the decrease
amounts to fl per cent.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the 2Sth nom
mated James M. Trotter (colored), of
Massachusetts, to be Recorder of Deeds for
the District of Columbia.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
TILE EAST.

Rev. M. BAXTER, of England, an Oxford
man and minister of the Church of En-
gland, prophesed at Prophetic confer
ence in New York on the 24th that Christ
would return to the earth in 1897, and that
He would at first rule small kingdom in
Asia Minor for three years. The year 1900
was to end the present dispensation, and
then the millennium.
IN trunk at Pittsburgh the mutilated
remains of man were found on the oath,
the arms and legs having been amputated
and the top of the skull sawed off. The
trunk had been sent from Cincinnati.
AT Big Flats, N. Y, Mr.. and Mrs. Barber
Drum, aged about fifty years each, were
burned TO death in their dwelling on the
25th.
THE railroads in Vermont and the Ad-
irondack region of New York were block
AIDED by snow for miles on the 25th.
THE recent trunk mystery at Pittsburgh,
Pa, was cleared on the 25th by John Os-
born, young physician appearing and
swearing that he had had the remains
shipped from Cincinnati to articulate the
skeleton.
SIX BOYS walking on the railroad track
near Easton, Pa, were killed by passen-
ger train the other day.
CHARLES N. ALLEN, confidential clerk
for T. G.. Bugbee, of Putnam, Conn.,,
hardware merchant, left for parts I'M
known on the 9th ult with S20,00 belong
ing 10 his employer
THE cargo of the German bark Marie,
from London, was destroyed by fire a few
days ago in New York Loss, S150,000
On the Goth ult. Carl Schurz slipped and
fell in New York City and dislocated his
hip and General B. F. Butler dislocated an
arm in alighting from a car in Philadelphia.
BY the breaking up of the ice four fisher
men were drowned in Lake Erie, off Buff
ia o, on the Goth ult.
THE six days. walking match in Phila-
delphia, which commenced with forty
starters, ended on the Goth ult with only
eight men on the track. Vint was the win
ner, making $50 miles.
THE steamer Lone Star and 1900 bales
of cotton were burned in New York on the
18th, causing a loss of S350,000
MRS RoXALANA DRUSE, who brutally
murdered hes husband in December, 1884,
was hanged on the 2Sth ult. at HorkiIner,
n. Y, for the crime.
PAUL MCALvoN, aged one hundred and
one years, and Rose Mcclure, aged one
hundred and three years, died at Lowell,
Mass, on the 2Sth nit
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
LATER.

The public-debt statement on the list
shows the total debt to be $1,719 633, 977,
cash in treasury, $40, 14S, 975; debt less cash
in treasury, 81, 1871 ,032 ops. Decrease dur
ing February, 81 ,436, 1872
WHILE boating on the 1st at Kanawha
Falls, w. Va, Mrs. g. E. Turner, Mrs
Tyree Mather and Miss Rhodes were drawn
under the falls and drowned.
THE ballot for United States Senator in
the New Jersey Legislature on the 1st
resulted: Sewell (Rep), a.: Albeit
(Dem.), 35; scattering, %,
In a quarrel on the 1st between citizens
of Leoti and Coronado County, Kan, over
the removal of the county seat, two men
were killed and seven others were seri-
ously injured.
FIFTEEN buildings at South Boston, Va,
with large quantity of tobacco, were de-
stroyed by fire on the 1st. Loss, $3.50, 600;
insurance, SSS,000
THE Michigan Greenbackers met in State
convention at Lansing on the 1st and NOM
mated o. j. Atkinson, of ST. Clair, for
Justice of the Supreme Court, and Rev. W.
H. Miller of Otsego, for Regent of the
University.
BY an explosion on the 1st in the collier
les at st. Etienne, France, sixty lives were
lost.
THE first general strike of newspaper
compositors ever known in Milwaukee took
place on the 1St for an increase of wages
THE Democrats of Michigan met in Stata
convention on the 1st at Detroit and NOM
mated the following ticket: Justices of the
Supreme Court long term, Charles H.
Camp, of Saginaw; short term, Levi T.
Griffin, of Detroit State University
Regents, Bartiey Breen, of Menominee;
Rufus w. Sprague.
THE Woman Suffrage bill was defeated
in the New York Legislature on the 1st.
NEARLY two hundred Mormon converts
left Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 1st for
Utah
THE steamer w. II. Gardner was burned
on the 1st on the Tombigbee river, near
Gainesville, Ala, and twenty persons lost
their lives
THE Illinois State Board of Agriculture
decided on the 1st to hold the State fair at
Olney in 1887 and 1888.
In the United States Senate on the 1st
fifty seven private pension bills were
passed, as were also bills to quiet the title
of settlers on the Des Moines river lands in
Iowa; to annex a portion of Idaho to Wash
ington Territory, and for the allowance of
certain war claims. Resolutions in honor
of the memory of the late Messrs. Arnot,
Beach and Dowdney, Representatives from
New York, and Mr.. Price, from Wisconsin,
were adopted. In the House the Mexican
Pension Appropriation bill &C. 900, OO0) was
passed, also the Legislative and Deficiency
Appropriation bills. The conference re-
ports on the bill restricting to American
citizens the ownership of real estate in the
Territories and the River and Harbor bill
were agreed to- At the evening session
large number of bills were passed author
ling the construction of bridges.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
COTTON-SEED OIL.

p. ID. Armour and Other Capitalists to
Engage Extensively in Its Manufacture
in the South.
GALVESTON, Tex, March 1.-P d. Ar
mour said yesterday afternoon that COM
pany would be organized next week in
Chicago with several million dollars CAPT.
tai to build at once in the South twelve
gigantic cotton-seed oil mills. Mr.. Armour
and his partners will hold a controlling
interest in the big company. The asso-
ciate stockholders will comprise about all
the leading soap manufacturers in the
United States. The entire output of oil
from the mills will be taken by the stock
holders and utilized in their factories and
lard-rendering establishments. Mr.. Ar
mour said that his firm alone consumed
one fifth Of the present output of cotton
seed oil The new enterprise was brought
about by the competition of the American
Cotton Oil Trust Company and other lard
manufacturers
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04

Matson Gnished reading the Endorsement
loud burst of applause came up from the
Republican side of the chamber. The ques-
ton was then put: ''Will the House, upon
reconsideration, pass the bill, the Presi-
dents objection to the contrary, notwith-
standingP And it was decided in the neg
ative-yeas, lis; nays. 125-not the consti-
tutional twothirds in the affirmative
Those voting in the affirmative were:
Adams Ol.l Allen (Mass.), Anderson Qxan.),
Atkinson, Baker, Bayne, Bingham, Bliss,
Bound, Boutelle, Brady, Browne Qnd.),
Brown (O), Brown Pa.), Brumm,
Buck. Bunnell, Burleigh, Burrows
Butterworth. Bynum, Campbell Pa)
Campbell (O.), Cannon, Carlton, CasweI,
Conger, Cooper, Cutcheon, Davenport, Davis,
Dingley. Dorsey, Durham, Eldridge, Ely,
Evans, Everhart, Farquhar FELTON,, Fleeger,
Ford, Frederick, Fuller, Funston, Gallinger,
Geddes, Gilfllan, Gof, Grosvenor, Grout,
Guenther. Hale, Hanback,, Harmer, Hay
den, Haynes, Henderson Qa.), Henderson (Ill)
Hepburn, Herman Hiestand, Hires, His
cock, Hit, Holman, Holmes, Hopkins,
Houk, Howard, Jackson, James,
johnson On. W, johnson, Qnd)
Kelly, Ketcham, Greiner, LaFollette, Laird,
Landes, Lawler, La Fevre, Lehlbaoh, Libbey,
LiEdsley, Little, Long, Lore, Louttit,
Lowering, Lyman, Mahoney, Markham. Matson,
Maybury McComas, McKenna, Mckinley, Mer-
riman, Willard, Milliken Moffatt Morrill,, Nor
row, Murphy, Neece, Negley, Nelson, ODon-
nell, o'Hara, O'Neill Pa.), O'Nein, Osborne,
Owen, Parker, Payne, Payson, Perkins,
Peters, Pettibone, Phelps, Pindar, Plumb,
Price, Randall, Ranney, Rice, Riggs, Rockwell,
Romeis, Rowell, Ryan, Sawyer, Scranton,
Seney, Sessions, Smalls, Spooner, Spriggs,
Steele, Stephenson, Stuart Vt), Stone
Mass \. Strait StrUh1n Syvinhurna Swone
Symes, Tarsney, Taulbee, E. B., Taylor (OD,
Taylor, Ike (O.), Taylor Zach CTenn.), Thomas
Gill;, Thomas (Wis.), Thompson Townshend,
Van Setback, Wade, Wadsworth, Wait,
Wakefield, Ward Qll.), Warner (Mo), Weaver
CNeb.), Weaver Qa.), Weber, West, White
Pa.), White CMinn.), Whiting, Wilkins, VOL
ford, Wobirn, Worthington-175.
The nays were all Democrats.
The vote by which the bill originally
passed the House was 1S0 to 76, 50 it APP
pears that the following named members
(all Democrats) changed their votes on the
measure:
Adams IN. ", Bacon, Boyle, Burns, Cobb
Curtin, Dawson, Dougherty, Eden, Ermentrout
Fisher, Gay, Gibson, Hail, Hatch, Hill, McAdoo,
Morrison, CULTIVATE, Scott, Seymour, Shaw,
Sowden. Springer, Stahlnecker, Stone (Mo.),
Vicle, Ward Qnd.), Warner, A. j. (O).
Upon the announcement of the vote there
was applause on the Democratic side and
Kisses and groans from the advocates of the
bill.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04
INDIGNANT EDITORS.

They Charge Ingratitude Against Man
Who They Claim Has Made Money
Through Their Patronage.
MANSFIELD, O., Feb. 26. The country
editors of Ohio are, many of them, highly
incensed against one w. S. Cappeller, wno
is said to be one of the principal pro-
prietors of the American Press Associa-
ton, concern which supplies the coun-
try papers with plate matter, for the
move he has lately inaugurated against
the country press in the matter of
rates paid for legal advertising. Cap
peller claims that the prices paid are
too high to country papers, but only
fairly adequate for the metropolitan dailies.
On the other hand, the country editors in
sist that legal lad" is not like COM
mercial notice, demanding the widest pos
sible circulation, but if published in jour
nal circulating generally in the county or
district where those affected by the ''ad''
reside, that it is often more effective dis
semination of the notice than might be OBJ
tanned by insertion in a journal of much
greater circulation. The country press
will of course take this matter up, and the
prospects are that Mr.. Cappeller has
tackled rather more than he will be able
to handle